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CASE73937: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278)

Question asked by the patient on 5 March 1632 at 17:00

RN Mres Crescet of Edmunton 24 21. ☾ h. 5: p m. 1632 /doth laught in her feetes\ /epileps. matricis\ /sencles\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 483 (upper left part of page)

Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Falling sickness)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Womb, matrix, mother)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Lost senses Laughing)

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Feet)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE53342: Decumbiture for John Michell (PERSON20313)

Question asked by the patient on 13 November 1621 at 13:30

RN 1 first in his neck 2 on his syde tormented him & drew his mouth asyde & tooke away his sences & memory l|&| did shake h{im} novēb. 10 ♄ hor 3 p m 162i1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘paralysis’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 137v (bottom, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

John Michell (PERSON20313)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Throat and mouth)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Side(s))

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Lost senses Memory loss)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (TremblingPalsy)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Astrological Chart

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?f1-querent-is-asking-about=Self;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ALost%20senses;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 15 April 2025.

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